Originally Posted by
phol
Terrible news.
I'm not too far away from where it looks like the aircraft went down. I think weather can probably be ruled out, nothing out of the ordinary in the region at the moment. Certainly no storms.
Hopefully they find the aircraft soon, the longer it takes the less likely it gets

Weather at 35000 feet is not the same as at ground level. Very inpredictable, sudden turbulence or mechanical.